The Omaha Public Library in Omaha Nebraska currently has 12 locations. W. Dale Clark Main Library W. Dale Clark Library in Omaha, Nebraska is the downtown location of the Omaha Public Library. Located at the intersection of 15th and Farnam Streets, across from the Gene Leahy Mall, the building is a modernist design, built in 1976. It was designed jointly by Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum and Latenser & Sons, Inc.,. Principals in charge of the project were Gyo Obata for design, George Hagee for architecture, and Alan Lauck for interior design. The project architectural designer was Masao Yamada, the architect Robert Barr, and the interior designer was Cheryl Coleman. When W. Dale Clark Library opened in 1976, it completed a 20-year project to replace the original Omaha Library, which was located at 1823 Harney Street which was in operation from 1894 to 1976. Plans moved the library's location more than 3 times from 19th and Dodge, to 16th and Dodge, to a joint plan to close Omaha Central High School and covert it into a museum and library, before the location of 15th and Farnam was chosen. 15th and Farnam was chosen as part of a $15 million revitalization plan to redevelop a 6-block area of downtown Omaha. Bess Johnson Elkhorn Branch The Elkhorn Public Library in Elkhorn, Nebraska first began in 1874; however no record of it exists from 1875 to 1925. On February 15, 1925, Antlers Temple No. 24 Pythian Sisters took on the project for a local library. With books donated by the Omaha Public Library, a small library was opened up at 110 Main Street. In October of the same year, the library moved to the office of a local doctor named Doctor Brown. The library was moved again 4 years later to a room of the Elkhorn Town Hall where it remained until 1966. On June 12, 1966, the library was moved to an upstairs room at a new community center at 401 Glenn Street. The library remained at the community center until 1996; however, a move to the lower level of the community center in 1982 nearly doubled the size of the library. In June 1996, the Bess Johnson Elkhorn Public Library opened its doors to the public. The new library building at 100 Reading Road was nearly 6 times larger than the lower-level room at the community center. Due to the 2008 annexation